Golriz Rezvani

I am an Iranian-Canadian artist whose paintings move between figuration and abstraction. My work often begins with the body, but the figure rarely remains stable. Through layered colour, disrupted forms, and shifting compositions, I create images where bodies appear to float, fall, dissolve, or reassemble themselves.

My paintings explore motherhood, memory, doubt, care, and the emotional weight of inherited histories. Drawing from my experience as an immigrant woman and mother, I approach painting as a space where personal and collective narratives can be reworked rather than fixed. Older marks, unfinished surfaces, and previous images often remain visible, allowing each painting to carry its own history while becoming something new.

My work is shaped by an interest in the tension between vulnerability and resistance. Figures in my paintings may appear suspended, fragmented, or in motion, but they are not passive. They exist in states of transition, holding both uncertainty and force. My recent paintings reflect on intergenerational relationships, the instability of memory, and the ways bodies carry emotional, cultural, and familial traces.

I am currently pursuing an MFA in Visual Arts at the University of British Columbia. I ha...

Master of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2024-2026
Master of Fine Arts-Painting, Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 2004 – 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts-Painting, Soureh University, Tehran, Iran 1999 – 2003
Graphic Diploma, Azadegan Art School, Tehran, Iran 1994 – 1998

Group Exhibitions
Vancouver 2025-2026
Elsewhere, Otherwise, MFA Graduation show, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Loosely Bound, MFA group show, AHVA Gallery
Resonant Chambers, POMOArts

Calgary 2008-2014
“Not so mini prints”, Alberta printmaking society
Women center, University of Calgary
Multi-Cultural Exhibition, Epcor Centre

Iran 1997-2007
Niavaran Gallery, Tarahan Azad Gallery, Barg Gallery; Juried
Sabalan Gallery, Saad Abad Museum, Contemporary Museum of Art, Banafsheh Gallery, Firouzeh Gallery, Haft Samar Gallery, Sarv Gallery

Juried Exhibitions 2013-2025
2025 International Women’s Day, Victoria Council of Art
Instructor’s Exhibition, Shadbolt Art Centre
Unveiling Honor, Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, Vancouver
Creativity Lives Here, POMO Art Center gallery, Coquitlam, BC
Solo show, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
Work on paper, Edmonton and Calgary
“Equinox”, Walter dale, Edmonton, AB
“SCA 46th Annual Exhibition”, Salmon Arm, BC
Artist’s Choice, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, AB
SCA 45th Annual Exhibition and Competition, Montreal, QC ...